Uproot
| Uproot | |||
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 Artwork of an Uproot from Super Mario Odyssey | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario Odyssey (2017) | ||
| Latest appearance | Minecraft: Bedrock Edition (Nether Update) (2020) | ||
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- “A creature that can stretch many times its height upward! I have been hoping to investigate one up close!”
- —Bonneter biologist, Super Mario Odyssey
Uproots are enemies that can be controlled with Cappy in Super Mario Odyssey. Their name is derived from a word referring to a plant being pulled from the ground, and their name also refers to their root-like legs. Uproots are yellow onion like creatures with red eyes. They usually have brown flowerpots over their heads with a broken opening to see from. They have green thorny legs, which, according to the Bonneter biologist, telescope outward. They can use this ability to push their bodies into the air, then retract them in an instant to jump.
History[edit]
Super Mario Odyssey[edit]
Uproots can be found in the Wooded Kingdom, a secret lava-filled area in the Seaside Kingdom, and the Darker Side. They spawn from Senobi Generate Points, which are dirt patches in the ground. When they notice Mario, an Uproot stretches up then leaps in Mario's direction. If they hit Mario mid-stretch, they will stop, then finish their movement. Uproots respect invisible boundaries that generally prevent them from chasing Mario too far. Uproots are immune to being jumped on, and can only be defeated with a Ground Pound.
In most cases, Uproots have flowerpots. To capture one, Mario needs to use a Cap Throw to break the pot, allowing a second throw to capture them. If it was stretching, the Uproot will return to the ground when it is captured. A captured Uproot can be used to reach high platforms. They can break blocks and push movable covers. Shaking the controller as an Uproot makes it stretch faster than normal, and briefly stay at a higher position before shrinking back to the normal maximum height. It can also stretch higher when two buttons are used at once. While stretched, Uproots walk more slowly than they do without stretching or by using repeated jumps. An Uproot (captured or not) can defeat other Uproots by stomping them, as though a Ground Pound was used.
An Uproot is required to defeat Torkdrift, a boss in the Wooded Kingdom, with its stretching power needed to reach the boss's weak points and strike from below. The height from stretching is also necessary to dodge one of Torkdrift's attacks. As such, an Uproot also appears in the rematch against the boss in the Mushroom Kingdom.
A concept design for Uproots depicted them as mushroom type enemies. More concepts for Uproots were partially based on Pokeys and Bramballs.[1]
Minecraft[edit]
In the Super Mario Mash-up in Minecraft, Striders are replaced by Uproots.
Profiles[edit]
- Website description:
Gallery[edit]
Artwork of a captured Uproot
Artwork of a captured Uproot
Artwork of a potted Uproot
Screenshot of a potted Uproot
An Uproot as a strider in Minecraft
A suffocated Uproot (outside of the lava) in Minecraft
A saddled Uproot in Minecraft
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | セノビー[4] Senobī |
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| Chinese (simplified) | Tuǐ shēn shēn |
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| Chinese (traditional) | Sài nuò bǐ |
Transliteration of the Japanese name | |
| Dutch | Uproot[?] | - | |
| French | Poupousse[?] | Portmanteau of pousse ("bud") and/or pousser ("to stretch") | |
| German | Mieswurz[?] | Portmanteau of mies ("bad") and Wurzel ("root") | |
| Italian | Bulbotto[?] | Diminutive of bulbo ("bulb") | |
| Korean | 쭈우키[?] Jju'uki |
From "쭈욱" (jju'uk, "stretching") and possibly "키" (ki, "height") | |
| Russian | Корняк[?] Kornyak |
From корень (koren, "root") and сорняк (sornyak, "weed") | |
| Spanish | Cebolleto[?] | Diminutive of cebolla ("onion") |
References[edit]
- ^ October 22, 2019. The Art of Super Mario Odyssey. Milwaukie, Oregon: Dark Horse Comics. ISBN 978-1-50671-375-5. Page 146.
- ^ Super Mario Odyssey § Meet Cappy. nintendo.com (British English). Retrieved September 15, 2024. (Archived August 3, 2024, 21:20:56 UTC via archive.today.)
- ^ スーパーマリオ オデッセイ :
新 アクション「帽子 投 げ」！. nintendo.co.jp. Retrieved April 18, 2023. (Archived November 13, 2017, 02:59:47 UTC via Wayback Machine.) - ^ 「これは
新 キャラクター『セノビー』をキャプチャーした『キャプチャーセノビー』。球根 をイメージしたキャラクターです。遠目 に見 ると箸 にも見 える！？」 – mario_odysseyJP (August 15, 2017). Post about the Uproot species. Twitter. Retrieved August 16, 2017. (Archived February 10, 2018, 17:32:51 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
